It takes me ~45min to convert a full length movie with these settings. This is with a Ph. II X4 940 quad core at 3.7GHz. My guess is that if you have a quad core it will take roughly an hour, dual core, perhaps 2.

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Update 2: Took 18 minutes for doubleTwist to convert *and sync* a 699MB DivX/AVI file to the Droid. This is on a 2.4Ghz quad core machine with SATA drives.

Also note, Apple podcasts sync just fine, but they are formatted for an inferior screen and therefore do not fill the Droid's screen

So far, I'd say doubleTwist is the way to go even though it has its quirks.

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Ha sounds good. I wish the "do all" droid would have supported divx because that is what all the movies and tv shows I download are. That is why the Omnia 2 looked so good. Hope they hurry that flash support too.

1 more question, when I was in the VZW store I found an app in the android marketplace to play divx files. Anyone know how well of if this works?

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I'm using the iPod hiRez preset. it keeps the original file resolution, so I'll have to see if it needs to be downsized when I do some 720p vids... It works well though, wow this screen is sharp! hope a good video player gets written soon.. . would love better transport controls and more options.

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I used the 'iPod Touch' settings on CloneDVD Mobile. I converted a commercial movie to MP4 and got it over to the Droid. It played wonderfully, but it appears that the audio was slightly out of sync. When I say 'slightly', I mean that it was fine in the middle of the movie, but just a tad off at the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes.

I'm going to d/l HandBrake and give it a whirl. I'll post results when I have some.

EDIT: A year since the last HandBrake update? Am I reading that correctly? If so, could some of the problems in this thread be associated with a lack of updates for so long?

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Yes I have had the same issue. I found if I use Meridian to launch a video there is a delay between sound and video. If you use the standard video player it works fine. I assume many apps still need to be updated for 2.0.

I cannot get the video to fill the screen at various resolutions. Any ideas? I can play a video but it does not take up the entire screen. I use DVD ripper. Works great for iphone but Im having trouble for droid. Thanks.

It takes me ~45min to convert a full length movie with these settings. This is with a Ph. II X4 940 quad core at 3.7GHz. My guess is that if you have a quad core it will take roughly an hour, dual core, perhaps 2.

Let me know if these settings work for you!

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Perfect using 2 different apps. Very nice job.

I have a question for anyone. Why not encode audio using mp3 instead of AAC? Seems like either should work so it doesn't really matter. I'm just wondering

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I think I found the reason why some video's audio are stuttering for me like other users have had. its the way the file was encoded.

I was trying to convert some mkv files and only certain mkv files had the stuttering audio problem. I converted one file fine while another did not. I'm using handbrake btw, so I looked in the activity window while the file was encoding and I got all kinds of audio error messages. something about missing audio at that specific point so something was added to the audio (sorry not at my pc right now so I can't remember exactly). the message kept coming up every couple seconds so I'm guessing something was messed up in the audio during the original converting of that file.

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Hi,
To confirm:
- in USB mode, made 'Music' and 'Video' folders
- dragged mp4 into video folder
- did not see it in the Droid Gallery until I powered off and on
- there it was. I tapped, got it playing, but two things:

- while playing, "Sorry, this video cannot be played" came up
- then it stopped.

I'm thinking either:
a) we need a list of settings to use (but that's a little much, we want this simple and enjoyable) or
b) we need to know the best media player... one that is forgiving and manages the details

For example, I kept a list of video settings for YouTube until they made both my Mac software and YouTube itself much more robust.

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Ok so I've got 720p converted using handbrake. While using these settings:ipod legacy, 848x480, h.264,1500 kbps, acc 48 khz 160 kbps, and the video is great. I mean its 10/10. But the audio is so choppy I haven't heard a single word from the movie. I was just wondering why my audio isn't working and urs is.

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Ok thanks for those settings, ill try them out after work today. So ur telling me I have to sacrifice my video settings as well as audio? Id like to keep my video but if I can't then, well then no big deal.

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Oh, I'm not sure at all. Just sharing. Scrolling through this thread, I see that others have used 1500, 48 etc. There may be some other trick. What I'd like is a file transfer utility that handles all this! (Video looks and sounds quite nice at my settings, though.)

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Well, this thread is just about video and getting it onto your Droid. So, there are a lot of good steps already posted (I even did a summary one a couple of posts back). That said, I am going to get Missing Sync... the all in one sync software (gosh I sound like a commercial). Sounds like it'll manage it all. Droid version expected real soon.